It was so many years ago that it seems like another lifetime. Our special friends from Edmonton came for their first visit to our home on the Plains. We were acclimatized by then, but still missed our Canadian friends. What fun we had! Swimming and boating at Pete’s Puddle, eating […]
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Sometime before my favourite country singer, the late Johnny Horton, made his fortune doing tunes like “North to Alaska” and “The Battle of New Orleans,” a local group decided to make its mark, too. They would take a ride down the mighty Mississippi and see its southern terminus to try […]
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This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
A pioneer of our community, Hilda Alberts, passed away Sunday, Jan. 27 at the Emo Hospital. A celebration of her life was held last Thursday (Jan. 31) at St. George’s Anglican Church in Emo. A reception followed at the Golden Age Manor, where she had resided. On Friday morning at […]
Our household revolves around Phoebe—the gentle white dog that came into our lives four-and-a-half years ago. She came from Omaha, Neb., where she lived four years. But her first year is a mystery. She was adopted from the pound when she was one year old. The mystery is—why did this […]
Cecil Donavan Westover, 59, of Barwick, Ont., passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002 at Emo Hospital in Emo, Ont. Cecil was born Aug. 21, 1942 in Fort Frances, Ont. He joined the Canadian National Railway in 1966 as a conductor. He loved the outdoors and animals. He is survived […]
It is with deep regret the family of Ed Sivonen of Fort Frances, ON announce his passing on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 at the age of 78. Ed will be sadly missed by his six children, Gary (Susan) Sivonen of Winnipeg, Nancy (Brian) Allan of Devlin, Judy (Doug) Sivonen of […]
With just two days to go until the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, there’s been a decided lack of excitement surrounding these Games, at least until now. In fact, ask most Canadians to name five individuals making up Team Canada and you might get Elvis […]
Dear sir: Being fortunate to have had good health, other than a few accidental injuries, I never gave a lot of thought to our local health care. Like most of us, I took it for granted. I began 2002 spending two weeks in the hospital, with little recall of my […]
Dear sir: These comments and observations are posed as questions for the prospective candidates vying for the leadership of the provincial Progressive Conservatives, and presumably the position of premier of Ontario, and the probable new Cabinet. The tourism industry was dealt a nasty, unfair blow in January, 1999 when the […]
